I have a great question for you Have you got everything you deserver? , I am sure 90% people will say no. Most of us once in our lives must have not got what we deserved and the only thought that crosses our minds would be ‘so what! Leonardo have also not won the Oscar despite being a brilliant actor’. This statement was such a relief for all those unfortunate lot who work hard but never got recognized for it. Leonardo was an ideal for all these people, however, now people can’t relate them to him anymore, because he is among the proud winners of Oscar. A well-deserved victory for him. With four Oscar nominations to his name, which is no less an accomplishment and winning now the golden man, this journey for Leonardo has been a long wait for the laurel. There were several memes dedicated to him for his unsuccessfulness to bag an Oscar. He made an impact on the minds of people but failed every time to make an impression on the minds of the jury, which was a much talked about topic all over the world. His atypical and versatile performances in many more were winning the hearts but not Oscars for him. Finally after when he won this prestigious award there are people who think that the reason he won the award for ‘The Revenant’ is not because he performed outstandingly but because he was due for Oscars. His better performances were not awarded and a mediocre performance as in The Revenant bagged him that much awaited prize for this skills.

Somehow this adage appears so true ‘Awards are not always for the deserved’. The institution of awards and the people at jury fail to recognize the real talent so many times. Mostly, they are influenced by some wrong perceptions or their own opinions to hail a nominee as a winner. Leonardo is one such classic case of Oscar winners/losers, where in, the jury never acknowledged him for his out of the box lethal performances and they seem to get impressed by a mediocre performance which he had done, leading to a questionable state about the authenticity of such awards. Somehow the campaigning, PR etc. also play a deterrent role in someone’s win, it’s not just the quality of work that matters to the jury.

This year probably there was not much of a competition for Leonardo and he earned appreciation both critically and commercially making it big for himself from all directions. Oscars are awarded to veterans and established actors, as the history says people with an established fame get Oscars not the lesser known actors, in that view Leonardo is a name that is revered not only in Hollywood but across the globe. Leonardo would have won this award already for his film ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’ when he was just 20 years old. This year Leonardo had been the only actor that fulfilled every awkward criterion to be an Oscar winner and finally this indefinable trophy got a place in his shelf. Fans are happy for him, however they kind of opinionate that this win could have come to him much before for this exceptional versatility as an actor in many more from his bandwagon. He turned indisputably inimitable plots into commercial successes but his worth got recognized through a movie in which he delivered a good performance which was far lesser than his other stalwart portrayals.

This year Leonardo did not leave any room for improvement while campaigning for The Reverent. Be it telling the world about the frozen cold of the shooting locations of The Reverent or be it telling them that they survived by eating the bison’s liver which made him sick. He made every impression telling people how much he strived to get into the character. He successfully made a mark! It became a proved notion that talent does not play a hundred percent role in one’s success, it is the advertising and branding of oneself that makes someone more acceptable by people. Masses react to aura , they go to watch their stars for substance , however they form an image behind their mind before they go for a movie or anything spectacular that captures their attention do play a substantial role in making a movie and it’s stars a hit.